Respect Week: March 24-28

Respect Week is a joint initiative of Victorian universities and TAFEs, working together to promote respect, equality, and inclusion—on campus and online. Preventing gender-based violence starts with a culture of respect, now and always.

Join us for a week of events and activities

What's on:

  • Art Competition – Open now! Get creative and bring the respect conversation to life. Win a $250 voucher.
  • Respect Week lunchtime fun & games - Mt Helen, Berwick, Gippsland campuses, Monday 24 March.
  • Free Fries! Learn about consent and enjoy free potato chips. All campuses, Monday 24 March.
  • Bystander Conversation Forum – Mt Helen Campus, Tuesday 25 March, 12:30 PM.
  • Coffee Scrolls, Not Gender Roles – Morning tea conversations at SMB and Gillies St.
  • Speed Friending – Meet new friends in record time! Berwick, Gippsland & Mt Helen campuses, Wednesday 26 March, 12:30 PM.
  • Soar High: Paper Plane Challenge – Mt Helen, Berwick, Melbourne City and Gippsland campuses. Your chance to win a $50 voucher! [Terms and conditions apply]
  • Movie Screening on Res – The Feminist in Cell Block Y, FedLiving.
  • Respect@Fed: Our Communities Complete the online training module by 28 March and score a chance to win 1 of 2 $200 vouchers.
  • Staff Resources – Tools for responding to student disclosures and making appropriate referrals.

Join the conversation and help create a culture of respect at Federation.

Find out what's on at your campus

If you have any disability access or support requirements for these activities, please let us know via equity@federation.edu.au or (03) 5327 8516.

For a full list of Respect Week events, go to our Events webpage.

Respect Week: Free FRIES - Gippsland
26 Mar 2025, 11:30am
Wimmera

Let’s raise awareness of what sexual consent really means. Sexual consent is: F = Freely given... this means without force or coercion.R...

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Respect Week: Soar high: paper plane challenge - Melbourne City Campus
26 Mar 2025, 12:00pm
Melbourne City Campus

Test your paper plane-making skills – with a diversity, accessibility and inclusion twist! All materials supplied. Just bring your creativity and a...

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Respect Week: Speed friending - Gippsland
26 Mar 2025, 12:30pm
Gippsland

Meet new friends Come for the laughs, stay for the connections. This session will help you make new pals in record time....

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Respect Week: Speed friending - Mt Helen
26 Mar 2025, 12:30pm
Mt Helen

Meet new friends Come for the laughs, stay for the connections. This session will help you make new pals in record time....

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Respect Week: Soar high: paper plane challenge - Berwick
27 Mar 2025, 12:00pm
Berwick

Test your paper plane-making skills – with a diversity, accessibility and inclusion twist! All materials supplied—just bring your creativity and a competitive...

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Respect Week: Soar high: paper plane challenge - Gippsland
27 Mar 2025, 12:00pm
Gippsland

Test your paper plane-making skills – with a diversity, accessibility and inclusion twist! All materials supplied—just bring your creativity and a competitive...

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Respect Week: Soar high: paper plane challenge - Mt Helen
27 Mar 2025, 12:00pm
Mt Helen

Test your paper plane-making skills – with a diversity, accessibility and inclusion twist! All materials supplied—just bring your creativity and a competitive...

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Art Competition

Express your thoughts on Respect through art – Win $250!

Choose your medium—poster, poem, photography, sculpture, metalwork, woodwork, digital, painting, or drawing with the theme: "What does respect mean to you?"

How to Enter:

  1. Submit a photograph of your original artwork to equity@federation.edu.au
  2. Include a description (max. 200 words) explaining how it connects to the theme.

Winner receives a $250 Prezzee voucher!

Entries close: 11:59 PM, 27 March 2025
Winner announced on 28 March 2025.

[Terms and conditions apply]

Learn & win!

Respect@Fed: Our Communities

Whatever your background, age, ability, gender or relationship status – whoever you are – you belong at Federation University. We value diversity, and that’s why we’ve designed the Respect@Fed: Our Communities training module.

Plus, if you complete the module by 27 March you're in with a chance to win one of two $200 Prezzee vouchers!

In just 30 minutes, you'll learn about:

  • Equality
  • Reasonable adjustments
  • Respectful behaviour
  • Preventing & responding to discrimination & harassment
  • Consent
  • Reporting & disclosing sexual harm
  • Available support

It is an expectation that all Fed students completes this online course each year, so why not do it now.

[Terms and conditions apply]

Start now

Free FRIES!

Let’s raise awareness of what sexual consent really means.

Sexual consent is:

  • F = Freely given... this means without force or coercion
  • R = Reversible... you can change your mind at any time.
  • I = Informed... know what the boundaries are.
  • E = Enthusiastic... consent is not just the presence of a yes or the absence of a no.
  • S = Specific... to the time and to the act.

Find your free fries (crisps) at:

  • Berwick Campus - Student Lounge
  • Camp St Campus - Student Lounge
  • Gippsland Campus - Student Lounge
  • Gillies St Campus - Student Lounge
  • Mt Helen Campus - near the Cafe
  • SMB Campus - Foyer, S Building
  • Melbourne City Campus - Reception
  • Wimmera Campus - Reception